Jean-Jacques
Subtitle: the early life and work of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1712-1754
By: Maurice Cranston.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 382
Subjects: Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778.; Authors, French -- 18th century -- Biography.; Philosophers -- France -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Description: In the first volume of his trilogy, noted political philosopher Maurice Cranston draws from original manuscript sources to trace Rousseau's life from his birth in provincial obscurity in Geneva, through his youthful wanderings, to his return to Geneva in 1754 as a celebrated writer and composer.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references ((p. [353]-372) and index.
Previously published: Great Britain : Viking/Penguin, 1982.